souterly

English

Etymology

souter +‎ -ly

Adjective

souterly (comparative more souterly, superlative most souterly)

1. (obsolete) Of or relating to souters, that is, to shoemakers.
2. (obsolete, by extension) Vulgar; low.
   • c. 1534, Thomas More, Works:

     And as too the special bassawes of that proude souterly Sowdan.

   • 1568, Ulpian Fullwell, Like will to Like:

     You souterly knaves, show you all your manners at once.

   • 1603, John Florio, Montaigne:

     And the burden-bearing porter, souterly cobbler, and toilefull labourer.

Further reading

• “souterly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• elytrous, urostyle